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ten·nis
 tennis
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- pronunciation:
- te
nihs
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
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noun |
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Tennis is a game that is played on a court by two or four players. In tennis, each player hits a small ball over a low net using something called a racket.
There is a place to play tennis in the park near us. Anyone can play there.
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The word tennis
contains the following part:
ten, tin, tain
Latin
root
that means to hold
  Example words:
abstain, attain, contain, container, content, continent, continual, continue, continuous, detain, detention, impertinent, lieutenant, maintain, maintenance, obtain, pertain, pertinent, retain, sustain, tennis, tenor
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